senor_huevos_benedicto Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 One of the most popular components of San Andreas was the ability to customise Carl to a very large extent. In a sense you could choose the way you played; make him a skinny guy who runs everywhere, a brick sh*thouse who could knock people out with one punch or morbidly obese for the comic value. On top of that you could choose from a wide variety of clothing, and give him some pretty eccentric hairstyles. However, what was gained with further connectivity with the character was lost with less connectivity to the story – it was hard to take Mike Toreno seriously when you had pink hair and no shirt on, with you man breasts bare for all to see. GTA IV was much more of a character piece, which I preferred. Niko’s story was deep, and the seriousness of the plot would’ve been made redundant had we been able to drastically change the way he looked. As much as I didn’t mind about changing his structure, it did make the gameplay more linear and the amount of clothes available was very disappointing. This let down many and when producing wishlists for GTA V, further customization is often near the top. I think that there is a perfect medium for the two, polar opposite wants: customization in the multiplayer. This was vastly missing from the multiplayer of GTA IV, as all you could change was the appearance, which was extremely limited. What if Rockstar built upon the solid foundation that was the GTA IV multiplayer, giving us a consistent, developed character in the single player and a fully customised multiplayer character? The way I imagine the set-up is similar to the multiplayer of Red Dead Redemption - you start off in a free mode, a fully recreated Los Santos from the single player, either with other online players, with your friends or just by yourself. Here you could fully change his or her clothing, hairstyle and overall appearance by visiting a wide range of shops. But it’s not only changing the way you look. It’s changing the way you play. Think of it as creating your own class. Here you can go to the gym to work out and make yourself slimmer and stronger to give you an edge in running away and facing up close, or adversely go to a Burger Shot and pile on the pounds to give yourself a real challenge. You can work on your vehicle stats, perfecting your skills behind the wheel of a car or a motorcycle, or the stick of a helicopter, to help you win a race or get out of a sticky situation. You can work on your weaponry abilities to build upon the core gunplay and rack up the points. You can fine tune what speciality your player has right here. It is also where you can create havoc on your own, or with friends. In GTA IV it felt quite disjointed when Niko talked about how he hates killing people for a living, and then five minutes later mowing everybody on the pavement down with your car. In this free mode there’ll be every aspect of the single player world – the police etc – but with your custom created character, and potentially your friends as well. And then like Red Dead Redemption, it is from here, using the interface of the mobile phone, that you will be able to enter various matches of deathmatch; Mafiya Work; GTA Race etc. And put your skills to good use. In these matches you will be able to play your own way, and see a diverse amount of different play styles due to the multiplayer character customisation. What are your thoughts on all of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2H5OH Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) That would be awesome! But you have the remember GTA is all about the singleplayer experience, i´d rather have your idea´s in the SP mode. If our protagnist dies in the end without the ability to modifcate him, we could modificate the new guy we play as when the story ends, because were not really connected to that guy, you know. But nonetheless your ideas sounds really great. Edited January 15, 2012 by C2H5OH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senor_huevos_benedicto Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 That would be awesome!But you have the remember GTA is all about the singleplayer experience, i´d rather have your idea´s in the SP mode. If our protagnist dies in the end without the ability to modifcate him, we could modificate the new guy we play as when the story ends, because were not really connected to that guy. But nonetheless your ideas sounds really great. Yeah that being at the end of the single-player is also a very viable option. And knowing Rockstar, the chances of the character dying at the end are very high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisMiller Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If they have Car modification, then when you rank up online you should get more car modification components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshDanni Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Great idea. Here have some cookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro_PlayboyX Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 awesome idea, i like it, it would be cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberChargedCJ Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If they have Car modification, then when you rank up online you should get more car modification components. and what about the military ranks for GTA V? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senor_huevos_benedicto Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 If they have Car modification, then when you rank up online you should get more car modification components. and what about the military ranks for GTA V? What do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberChargedCJ Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If they have Car modification, then when you rank up online you should get more car modification components. and what about the military ranks for GTA V? What do you mean? just like that and other ranks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senor_huevos_benedicto Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 If they have Car modification, then when you rank up online you should get more car modification components. and what about the military ranks for GTA V? What do you mean? just like that and other ranks Oh right okay. I don't think so, seeing as it's not a army game, the number ranks would probably do the trick. I also don't think there should be TOO many upgrades as you level up as it would unbalance gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senor_huevos_benedicto Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 I'm sick of seeing bullsh*t threads so I'm bumping this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huevos_benedicto_180 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Don't mean to brag but I was pretty f*cking close to the mark with this one. (EDIT: By the way how much of a twat do I look like in the above post, good lord) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Mantis Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Not gonna happen. R* already confirmed we can't change our weight due to problems with the Euphoria engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huevos_benedicto_180 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Not gonna happen. R* already confirmed we can't change our weight due to problems with the Euphoria engine. okay that bit's off the cards but everything else isn't too far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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